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Re: Sun Patch Id #102060-01


From: rens () imsi com (Rens Troost)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 09:50:11 -0500


"Dave" == Dave Horsfall <dave () esi com au> writes:
  Dave> Sounds like it's time to implement anonymous files - sort of
  Dave> like an atomic creat()/unlink() (which was mentioned as far
  Dave> back as Edition 5)...

This can create all kinds of problems for systems managers, unless
good toos for auditing anonynmous file usage are also
built. Filesystems full of unlinked-but-open files are a leading
source of ulcers among junior SAs I have known.

-Rens



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